. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XX, FADYEKIA, Hooker. (Fad-yen^-i-a.) jST Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" Fadyenia forms Genus 47 ; it is dedicated to the memory of Dr. James McFadyen, author of "A Flora of Jamaica," and is composed of a solitary species, tke distinguishing characters of which reside in its oblong sori
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XX, FADYEKIA, Hooker. (Fad-yen^-i-a.) jST Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" Fadyenia forms Genus 47 ; it is dedicated to the memory of Dr. James McFadyen, author of "A Flora of Jamaica," and is composed of a solitary species, tke distinguishing characters of which reside in its oblong sori (spore masses), disposed in two series near the midrib and terminating the free veinlets, being- covered by a large sub-reniform involucre (somewhat kidney-shaped covering) attached by the centre, but free all round the edge. Culture. This eccentric-looking little Fern is so thoroughly distinct from any other known species that no mistake as regards its classification can possibly be made by anyone who has seen it once. It is usually considered difficult to manage, yet it is free growing when kept under suitable conditions ; these consist of heat, moisture, and permanent shade. It succeeds well in a compost of three parts fibrous peat and one part sand, with abundant moisture at the roots. Under such treatment it not only flourishes, but rapidly spreads in all directions, through the rooting of the proliferous extremities of its barren fronds where the young plants thus produced (and without being disconnected from the parent plant) in turn yield subjects having all the characters of a fully-developed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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